A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Haruki Murakami

Fuku Eri

Kazuo Ishiguro

Banana Yoshimoto
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

A ghost

Kiki

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?

1999

1982

2001

1945
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?

United States

Japan

China

Canada
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?

Beijing

New York

Toronto

Tokyo
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?

Pluperfect

Present tense

Past tense

Future tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?

Animated film

Play

Short story

Novel
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Nonfiction essay

Children's Literature

Science fiction

Literary fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Pufferfish

Tuna

Salmon

Eel
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

His mother died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His father died from eating it

It's his favorite food
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?

Its stomach

Its eyes

Its gills

Its sexual glands
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?

They die at the table

They become bed-bound for a year

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?

Toronto

California

London

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Japan

Canada

Germany

France
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Woven floor mat

Variety of Japanese tea

Drinking glass

Type of fish
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?

Chou En-lai

Prime Minister Abe

Mao Zedong

Deng Xiaoping
17 Why did Father retire from working?

He sold his business

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?

The narrator's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

Mother's brother

Father's business partner
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

He had cheated on Kikuko

He had cheated on his wife

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a university student

She is a maid

She is a chef

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Toronto

Tokyo

Osaka

Kamakura
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Synonym for lawn

Japanese pond

Zen rock garden

Covered patio
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?

Chewing gum

Smoking

Drinking

Spitting
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?

Watanabe

Suichi

Kobe

Kazumi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Finding her mother's killer

Jumping in a well

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Moving home with her father

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